The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Statistics on the 2008 Competition

This table indicates, for each score achieved, the average rank of the participants receiving that score.

Score

Rank

Score

Rank

Score

Rank

Score

Rank

Score

Rank

Score

Rank

117

1

78

28.5

60

69

43

169.5

29

372.5

12

876.5

110

2

77

30

59

75

42

173.5

28

400.5

11

969.5

108

3

76

31

58

85

41

178

27

417.5

10

1196.5

102

4

75

32.5

57

92

40.9

183.5

26

425.5

9

1412

101

5

74

34

56

95

40.8

187.5

25

431

8

1482

99

6

73

35

55

97.5

40.7

189

24

435.5

6

1519

98

7

72

37

54

100

40

201.5

23

444.5

5

1521

97

8.5

71

39

53

104.5

39

225

22

473

4

1533.5

95

10.5

70

42.5

52

110

38

242.5

21

518.5

3

1561.5

93

12

69

47

51

115

37

252.5

20

619

2

1660.5

92

13.5

68

49.5

50

122.5

36

258.5

19

719

1

1829

87

15.5

67

51.5

49

133

35

262

18

762

0

2771.5

84

17

66

54

48

145.5

34

265

17

786

 

 

82

18.5

65

56

47

154

33

268.5

16

791

 

 

81

21

64

58

46

157.5

32

279

15

795

 

 

80

24

62

61.5

45

162.5

31

300

14

802

 

 

79

26.5

61

65.5

44

166.5

30

335.5

13

818

 

 

This table shows how many of the top 189 contestants received each possible score on each problem.

 

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

A6

B1

B2

B3

B4

B5

B6

Total

10

177

136

67

74

32

11

118

83

19

81

17

12

827

9

5

14

25

29

9

5

2

17

7

17

25

3

158

8

4

10

47

13

13

2

44

6

3

7

8

0

157

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

32

5

6

7

0

45

16

16

6

4

137

1

3

0

3

2

5

13

0

4

5

5

6

4

50

0

0

14

10

34

71

26

19

15

54

23

65

32

363

blank

0

15

5

32

53

125

6

19

85

40

62

134

576

Transcribed to HTML by Kiran S. Kedlaya (kedlaya[at]mit[dot]edu).